Ken Baker:  

Old Friends! Although I've seen a few of you from time to time over the years, it has been very seldom and not for very long! So, I thought I would write a short bit to catch up anyone interested in what I've been up to for the past 40 years (I can't believe it has been that long). After graduating from DDHS, I started attending Portland State College. During this brief period of time, I was trying to go to school full time, work full time, and party full time. As you can probably guess, there just was not enough time in the day to do everything, so I cut back my college hours to part-time. It did not take Uncle Sam very long to send me a draft notice after I did that!! Well, I decided I would much rather do a hitch in the Navy than plod through the jungles in Vietnam so I joined up. My "hitch" lasted for 26 years. During that time, I saw many places all over the world, got married and had three kids, and had a lot of good (and not so good) experiences. After getting out of the Navy, I completed my college degrees finally finishing my MBA at the ripe old age of 51. College was a little different this time since I was only working full time while attending and not partying anymore (kind of boring, huh). I worked for a couple of high-tech companies here in the San Diego area where I ended up after the Navy. For one reason or another, both companies...Expand for more